Air strikes kill nine Afghan police in 'friendly fire' clash: officials (AFP)

HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) - Nine Afghan policemen were killed in international military air strikes called in after troops clashed with police in southwestern Afghanistan, provincial authorities said on Sunday. The fighting erupted in the western province of Farah in the early hours of the morning when police and soldiers mistook each other for Taliban militants, deputy provincial governor Mohammad Younus Rasouli said. Police engaged soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), kicking off the fighting, he said. "The ANA requested air support, and ISAF bombed the police post that killed nine police and injured five police," he said. The police chief of Farah's Anar Dara district was among the wounded and was in a serious condition, he said. The police commander for... [read full story]